The Portland daily press., 1887-06-14
THE FRIENDS.
The proceedings of the Fifth Day.

The Proceedings of the Fifth Day.
The sessions of the Friends yearly meet
ings were continued yesterday:
MONDAY MORNING.
AT o'clock a meeting on ministry and
oversight was held in the vestry, the clerks,
Alfred II. Jones and Elizabeth L. Larkin,
presiding. This meeting composed Of min
listers and elders considered the business of
this department of the church, and conclud-
ed their sessions for this year. The general
meeting convened a little past ten o'clock
and opened with prayer by Mary Jane
Weaver and VIM. Marshall, and singing.
communication was received from Indiana
yearly meeting inviting the New England
Yearly Meeting to appoint delegates to
general conference of Friends to be held at
Richmond, Ind, September %, 1887 The
proposition was accepted by the meeting
and:a committee appointed to nominate dele
gates to said conference Several members
of the meeting spoke of the Importance of
the proposed conference, and suggested that
earnest prayer be offered that the divine
blessing may rest upon it.
A request was received from the Sandwich
Quarterly Meeting that this meeting define
precisely what the duties of elders specifically
are; also, what the duties of other members
of the meeting on ministry and oversight
are, excepting ministers, and it was referred
to a committee OF two men and two women
Friends for each quarterly meeting.
The report of the committee on gospel
work was read and accepted, and collec-
ton of money and pledges was taken up in
behalf of the work. Mrs. Weaver spoke of
the privilege of giving, not an unwelcome
children should be educated up to. We
should remember that the Lord sits over
against the treasury
The present committee on temperance was
appointed as nominating committee to
name a committee on temperance for the en-
suing year.
MONDAY AFTERNOON.
meeting was held in the vestry at 8
o'clock. when Friend David E. Sampson of
North Carolina, spoke of the distinctive doc
trines of the Society of Friends.
The regular afternoon session opened at
O'Clock. VIM. o. Newhall presiding. Dr.
Henry b. Torsey was introduced. and pre-
sented Christian greeting of the Maine Meth
odist Conference. Friend Charles FL. Jones
responded. Before DR.. Torsey left the plat
form he made few remarks upon the sub
ject of discipline in education.
The committee to nominate members of
the representative meetings reported and
the names presented were approved. The
names Of the Temperance committee for the
ensuing year were presented and the list
was approved. They are as follows:
Charles A. Chace, John s. Kimber.
Annie o. Carr, Mary w. Chace.
Wllliam jacob, Augustine Jones,
John r. Chase, Mary A. Chase,
Elizabeth T. Larkin, Geo. L. Crossman,
William Wood, Albert N Peasley
Warren T. Huntington, John l.. Macomber,
Hannah X. Clifford, Henry A. Slocum,
ElizabethlK. Murray, Charles w. Goddard
Ellen 6. Jones, Edward s. Hacker,
Abigail wheeler, Adelaide Wheeler
Oscar f. Morse, Arthur Swift
Frank \. Jones' Renthanna H: Nichols.
Elizabeth X. Jonez, Emily s. Weeks,
George w. Varney, Emeline H. Tuttle
Catherine +. Hanson, William f. Hussey
Joseph j. Garland, Harriet N. Jones'
Mary Elma Richardson, Hepse S. Hoxie,
Hannah j. Bailey Joseph Z. Briggs.
The report of the committee on Foreign
Missions was read. giving an encouraging
view of the progress and present state of the
missionary work in Syria. The report was
accepted, and their request for $500 for this
mission was referred to the committee on APP
preparations. Friend Eli Jones spoke of the
special fitness of members of the Society of
FRIENDS to carry ON Foreign Missionary
work. A collection of money and pledges
for this object was taken up.
Inc committee on education reported and
their report was accepted; also the
report Of the trustees OF the Mosher
fund. Both committees were continued.
EVENING.
The Women's Foreign Missionary Society
held public meeting The platform was
occupied by number of prominent women
Friends. The meeting was opened with
reading the Scriptures by Ruth S. Murray,
and prayer by Mary Jane Weaver. A sketch
of the Island of Jamaica was given by
Friend Josiah Dillon, who spoke of its pop
ulation and its educational and religious
needs. The Friends have two mission sta
tions in the island with a membership of 70
at each station. Mrs. Pickering spoke of the
missionary paper published in the interests
OF the society,". OF its needs and its claims
upon the members of the Society; also of
the Importance OF mothers talking to their
children Of the missionaries and of mission
work. Educate the children into the mis-
sionary spirit.
Mary Jane Weaver spoke Of the peculiar
ntness OF woman for mission work, espec-
Tally among the lowly, and among those of
their own sex In foreign lands. She spoke of
the rare instances in which even Christians
give to the point of sacrificing anything.
Many Christians do not give because they
90 not know about missions and mission
aries. THE Lord gave the word, and great
was the company of missionary women that
published it'-thus should the Scripture
read. II so, what an interest should woman
take in this glorious work.
A collection was taken at this point, after
which the presiding lady gave few words
about the mission work among the Indians.
She also announced the amount of the col
lection to be $5S. The meeting closed with
prayer and the Doxology.